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Rusty Wallace's son to drive limited Nationwide schedule in 2013

January 28, 2013

Steve Wallace, competing in a Nationwide race last year, will participate in the series again this year. Photo by LAT PHOTOGRAPHIC

After closing his shop's doors all of last season, team owner Rusty Wallace is reviving his Ford-based Nationwide Series team. Rusty Wallace Racing announced on Tuesday that his son, 25-year-old Steve Wallace, will drive the team's No. 66 Mustangs in 10 to 15 races this season.

The younger Wallace has two poles, no wins, six top-fives and 34 wins in his 192 career Nationwide starts. He finished a career-high seventh in points in 2009, and was 10th both in 2010 and 2011. He made his only Sprint Cup start in 2011, when he finished 20th in the Daytona 500. He made one Nationwide start last year (started 11th, finished 11th) for team owner Johnny Davis at Richmond in the spring.

The team’s primary sponsor this time around will be Richard Tocado Companies, a North Carolina-based mortgage and real estate company. It will be on the car starting with the May race at Charlotte Motor Speedway, with additional events to be named later.

“We’re excited about getting back to a little bit of racing,” said team owner Rusty Wallace, a member of this year’s five-man class into the NASCAR Hall of Fame. “I think we all learned a lot over the last year or two and we’re looking forward to having the opportunity to show it. Our goal is to compete in 10 to 15 events. We’re very positive about what the future holds.”

All told, RWR has fielded 543 entries among 16 drivers since its Nationwide inception in 1985. It has 12 poles, four wins (three by Kenny Wallace and the most recent in 2004 from Jamie McMurray), 57 top-five finishes and 168 top-10s. Among its drivers: Rusty, Kenny, Mike and Steve Wallace, McMurray, Bill Elliott, Jeremy Mayfield, David Reutimann, Brendan Gaughan, Max Papis and David Stremme.